very nice.
i miss seattle. alot. right up until i see the color of the sky in the photos. and then i'm glad i live in southern california where it's currently in the 80s. although my sister, who still lives up there, would tell me that the lack of rain has dried out my brain and i'm now warped for life....

You inspired me to procrastinate from my work in NYC to look up "The Wall of Death" ... apparently "The name and form were derived from the name of a carnival act that consisted of motorcycles speeding around the inside of a cylinder, going so fast that they ride horizontally on the vertical wall."

loved the pics -- makes me miss the pacific northwest, where I spent my college years.

Love the troll. Also googled "Wall of Death," but was beaten to the punch, obviously. Anyway, if you want to see what a REAL wall of death looks like, here are the pictures: http://www.wallofdeath.com/pressrelease.htm

This is way cool. I've lived in King Co. for going on 20 years and have never been to Fremont, but boy do I want to go now! However, my favorite is the Ducks v. Geese/Westside Story song. Thanks for a great piece!

Yeah - that was delightful - almost as de-stressing as taking a morning run around those sites and it was especially enjoyable to me as i just visited several of them for the first time last month. Felt connected. Nice work.

It's not a Utilitarian? Do utilikitarians dress funny? How do you know one when you see one?

Posted by: miel on May 13, 2005 10:35 AM

My wife and I got engaged on that troll's right middle and index finger on vacation. They gave us three free pint glasses at the nearby Red Hook brewery to commemorate the happy day.

(It was either going to be there or at Bruce and Jason Lee's graves...nice view, but too morbid. And I don't think we'd have gotten the glasses.)

Thanks for putting it up. If you get out to NYC, I hereby offer you a guided run around the Central Park loop (also a six-miler).

Posted by: braine on May 13, 2005 11:13 AM

Miel,

Utilikilts are, um...well, really, the pictures will demonstrate (if not explain) them better than I can:http://utilikilts.com/

I did like the coinage of "utilikiltarians," though. I drive much of that route every morning on my Ballard-Montlake commute, and it's fun to see it annotated. I'm glad I'm not the only one who smirks at the T&A Supply sign every single time I pass it.

The "Replacements Needed" posters are put up by a group that does fundraising and other advocacy canvassing. My sister works for them and does Sierra Club fundraising, though I think that's a separate account. Those posters are everywhere, so I'm impressed if it's only one guy.

I love running around Lake Union too. So much to see! There's one of those "PORTAL - over Lake Union" signs, in which someone crossed the L so it looks like it says "overtake Union." This is funny since the condos are moving in, but not funny because I just bought one.